What does the Jackal symbolize in Egyptian culture/art?

Question

What does the Jackal symbolize in Egyptian culture/art?

Answer 1

PackRat 666's answer is very good, but I might clarify that the jackal is therefore a symbol of death as well as a guide in the afterlife.

Jackals were often seen nosing around graves or digging them up to eat the corpses.

Answer 2

death i believe

becuase he is associated with mummification

Answer 3

Associated with Anubis, the god of embalming and mummification, who was depicted as a black colored jackal (or dog) or a man with the head of a black jackal or dog. One of the four sons of Horus, Duamutef, was a jackal headed god who guarded the canopic jar that held the stomach. The other jackal god was Wepwawet, the Opener of the Ways, who performed the Opening of the Mouth ceremony on the pharaoh so he would be able to speak in the afterlife. There was also a jackal god named Sed (after whom the 'sed festival' or royal jubilee' was named) who was closely linked to Wepwawet. The jackal was thought to be a guide to the newly dead because they were often seen around the desert and mountains where the tombs were usually built.